Former Celtic superstar tipped to make Parkhead return

Celtic had a pretty good summer transfer window. all things considered. Of course, Matt O'Riley leaving for Brighton & Hove Albion was a blow. He was the club's best player last season. But then, by this point, the Hoops are used to seeing their top performers depart immediately after having great seasons.

On the other hand, the club did bring in quite a few players. The only loan signing they made this summer was bringing in Alex Valle from Barcelona.

Valle will be competing with Greg Taylor for the left-back spot at Celtic. Is he going to be a long-term solution though? The Hoops are not believed to have a buyout clause included in the loan deal.

The rumours linking Kieran Tierney with a return to Celtic just refuse to go away. He was expected to leave Arsenal this summer, but has remained with the club. That is probably because of the injury that he suffered at the EUROs and it remains to be seen when he returns to fitness. Eventually, could a move back to Glasgow materialise?

Former Celtic superstar tipped to make Parkhead return

Aiden McGeady seems to be of the belief that it will definitely happen at some point in time. As reported by CeltsAreHere, he said while speaking to Boyle Sports:

"I think 100% it’s going to happen at some point, Kieran Tierney returning to Celtic, but the timing on that remains to be seen.

"I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t play again for Celtic again, but the whole situation has surprised me because he settled in so well with Arsenal when he first arrived there.

“I don’t even think it was a loss of form, maybe down to the injury, and then all of a sudden Mikel Arteta changes his options and finds a different way of playing.

“I’m very surprised that it hasn’t quite happened for him at Arsenal but I can’t see him returning to Celtic just now."

Tierney is in his mid-20s right now and one would think that he would want to remain in the top five European leagues at this point. But then, one cannot overlook his injury history.

Tierney has struggled with fitness issues going back to his time at Celtic. As a result, one can only wonder how many years of top level football he has left in the tank. It would be a risk for any club to shell out a significant transfer fee to sign him.